Pain medication isn't always my friend
I guess I should be making an entry today, I don't really have any excuse not to. I'm sitting in a chair aimlessly surfing the web, since I can't really do anything today. This morning I started experiencing dizziness attacks so severe that I freaked out with each one, thought I was going to throw up, and at one point collapsed on top of Devon. (He's okay). This is happening when I'm standing up, lying down, or if I move much at all, so I'm pretty much confined to this chair unless I really have to do something. It's actually been really scary. It's exactly the same as the time I fainted when I was younger, but without actually blacking out.
We can't figure out if it's due to low blood pressure, or withdrawal from a medication I have recently slowed then stopped. One of the medications I am taking for my thumb has made me very sleepy and dozey, and I was sick of being trapped in that state of not being able to think... standing there not even knowing what I was doing sometimes, so I thought I would like to test how I go without it. Unfortunately the side effects, which they say can be an issue if you stop taking it too suddenly, include dizziness/nausea etc. I know, I do know better than what I did, and I probably should have stopped it with doctor's advice, or a little more slowly. We all do silly things sometimes.
Either way, anything to stop what was happening to me I did something for both: took one of my pills that remained, and drank some water and ate salty food. And now I'm stuck in this chair.
It finally snowed last night so Devon and Brad made a snowman. I'm going to post a photo in Devon's journal a bit later, maybe tomorrow.
Been tired and pretty lazy in my holidays, I wanted to get a lot of things done that probably won't happen, but never mind. It appears I need my rest (and feeling like this is also why I wanted to stop the medication, I think it has an effect on what I'm able to do).
We can't figure out if it's due to low blood pressure, or withdrawal from a medication I have recently slowed then stopped. One of the medications I am taking for my thumb has made me very sleepy and dozey, and I was sick of being trapped in that state of not being able to think... standing there not even knowing what I was doing sometimes, so I thought I would like to test how I go without it. Unfortunately the side effects, which they say can be an issue if you stop taking it too suddenly, include dizziness/nausea etc. I know, I do know better than what I did, and I probably should have stopped it with doctor's advice, or a little more slowly. We all do silly things sometimes.
Either way, anything to stop what was happening to me I did something for both: took one of my pills that remained, and drank some water and ate salty food. And now I'm stuck in this chair.
It finally snowed last night so Devon and Brad made a snowman. I'm going to post a photo in Devon's journal a bit later, maybe tomorrow.
Been tired and pretty lazy in my holidays, I wanted to get a lot of things done that probably won't happen, but never mind. It appears I need my rest (and feeling like this is also why I wanted to stop the medication, I think it has an effect on what I'm able to do).